In addition to all the free research, advice and activity ideas DGT has offered these last 10 years, you now have a brand new tool to help your family practice kindness. It's called the Big-Hearted Families™ Membership Circle. It gives you extra benefits to help deepen your commitment to teaching empathy and compassion to your children.

As parents, we consistently identify compassion as our highest priority for our children, our families and our world. Our new Membership Circle will help you live your priorities while supporting the ongoing work of DGT. Read on to find out more, plus discover some conversation topics and media suggestions to help you launch the new year with a big heart.

Personal Training: Like any good coach, our expert Big-Hearted Families™ Team will be available to you to answer questions, help you overcome challenges, and generate personalized service ideas for your family.

Free E-Book: Our latest book, 12 Fun, Creative Birthday Parties That Give Back by Rachel Chrastil and Jenny Friedman,will inspire kids and parents to creatively re-imagine the joy a birthday party can bring. You'll see that birthday-related happiness can spread further, last longer, and do more good than you ever thought possible!

The "Do Good Dozen" Challenge: This irresistible project lets your family be part of 12 service projects or acts of kindness -- one per month. Complete the challenge and win a free month of our Book Club!

Access to Our Lively, Engaged Facebook Group: Our greatest resources are the families who work with us year after year - like you! Now we're creating a tool to help bring the wisdom of these families together. As part of the Membership Circle, you'll have opportunities to be part of this shared wisdom.

More Reasons Membership Makes a Difference

More good, all year long. Our unique resources will keep kindness on your priority list, helping your family meet immediate community needs and practice empathy year-round.

More time together. Family time is another yearly resolution that often gets cheated. Committing to regular family acts of kindness means more family time, more cherished memories and more meaningful connections.

More Doing Good Together™, everywhere. Your membership support will help us continue to provide our free resources to more communities around the country.

Visit the DGT store to sign up for your year-long membership! It's only $24.99 for the entire year.

WISHING YOU A THOUGHTFUL NEW YEAR

Talk About It.....

As you and your children look ahead to the habits and priorities you want to pursue in 2015, consider these questions:

Why do you think it's important to spend some of your time giving to the community?

What kinds of issues and causes do you care about most? What can we do to help with the cause?

We often set goals about what we want to do, but let's talk about the kind of people we want to be. What four character traits do you hope will describe you in the coming year?

What actions can you take to embody those character traits? What can you do to earn those adjectives?

Learn About It.....

These two videos and two books will set a thoughtful tone during this season of reflection and new beginnings:

Kid President's 25 tips to make the year awesome is as funny as it is inspiring.

The Stars Will Still Shineby Cynthia Rylant. This beautiful, poetic book provides calm and peace for anyone facing a new start or challenging times.

INSPIRATION

"Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word."

Goran Persson, Former Prime Minister of Sweden

NEWS FROM DGT

Looking for a meaningful holiday gift for the children and families in your life? Consider our Big-Hearted Families Book Club. Each month your recipient will receive one high-quality children's book, along with a kindness activity and an original recipe. Turn family night into a book-centered kindness practice! Choose between a one-month, three-month, six-month or full-year subscription. (You decide which month your subscription will begin.) Subscribe at our Doing Good Together store.

SAVE THE DATE: Our annual fundraiser will be Thursday, April 16, 2015, at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis. More details to come!

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